Post by alwaysjsy on Aug 16, 2008 13:24:57 GMT -6
As a project manager in the 21st century when most of us have a blackberry smart phone, drive with a GPS-enabled car, use TiVo to record our favorite show and carry a Mac as our notebook of choice, you would think we are as sophisticated in leveraging the latest and greatest tools to support us in managing projects. Guess again.
A lot of project managers I know rely heavily on the following high-tech tools:
* E-mail. Used for project communication. Don't you love being cc'd on every single freakin' email that gets sent in the project? Oh, don't forget those massive attachments. Ahh, nothing like technology from the 70's.
* Microsoft Excel. I am already impressed with your abilities to stick in complex formulas. But come on, enough is enough. Excel is not meant for generating Gantt chats for Pete's sake.
* USB Flash Drive. So what if your flash drive can hold up to 6GB worth of project information. Mine can hold 8GB. HA! Beat that. Although I am not sure how badly it would affect the project if I loose this puppy. Maybe it's a good idea to make a copy of the project schedule by e-mailing it to everybody in the team.
Wake up, people! You can keep using e-mail, Excel and your flash drive, but there are better and more effective tools out there that will make every project manager's life much easier. I have learned my lesson and these days, I make sure that I take full advantage of the following 5 essential tools for project management:
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A lot of project managers I know rely heavily on the following high-tech tools:
* E-mail. Used for project communication. Don't you love being cc'd on every single freakin' email that gets sent in the project? Oh, don't forget those massive attachments. Ahh, nothing like technology from the 70's.
* Microsoft Excel. I am already impressed with your abilities to stick in complex formulas. But come on, enough is enough. Excel is not meant for generating Gantt chats for Pete's sake.
* USB Flash Drive. So what if your flash drive can hold up to 6GB worth of project information. Mine can hold 8GB. HA! Beat that. Although I am not sure how badly it would affect the project if I loose this puppy. Maybe it's a good idea to make a copy of the project schedule by e-mailing it to everybody in the team.
Wake up, people! You can keep using e-mail, Excel and your flash drive, but there are better and more effective tools out there that will make every project manager's life much easier. I have learned my lesson and these days, I make sure that I take full advantage of the following 5 essential tools for project management:
To view the full blog entry, visit bit.ly/3f8CHX